New health care wing coming to Hutchinson

Hutchinson Health, part of Bloomington-based HealthPartners, plans to break ground April 1 on a new 17,000-square-foot patient wing.

The one-year project will add 18 patient rooms to the 66-bed hospital in Hutchinson. The new rooms will be twice as big as the current rooms, the hospital said in a press release. Four more rooms could be added in the future if needed.

St. Paul-based Wold Architects designed the expansion. Kraus-Anderson Construction, of Minneapolis, is the contractor.

The groundbreaking event begins at 1 p.m. at the hospital, which is at 1095 Highway 15 S. in Hutchinson. Hutchinson Health CEO and President Steven Mulder, and HealthPartners CEO and President Andrea Walsh will lead the program.